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Families torn apart as Western girls join Islamist cause

PARIS (Reuters) - Foad, a French truck driver of Moroccan origin, traveled alone through Syria to rescue his 15-year-old sister from an Islamist group she said was holding her captive. But when they finally stood face to face, in tears, she would not leave.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/09/us-mideast-crisis-girls-insight-idUSKCN0HY0RA201...

British girls aged 15 and 17 run off to join ISIS after being radicalised online

EXCERPT: Yusra Hussien’s heartbroken family have begged the runaway schoolgirl to come home amid fears she was poised to join Islamic State fighters in Syria.

The 15-year-old is believed to have fled Britain for Turkey with another missing girl aged 17 after being ­radicalised on the internet.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-girls-aged-15-

No Frontline Deployment for Female Kurdish Troops

DOHUK, Kurdistan Region,Kurdish-- women who enlisted in the military to fight the Islamic State (IS) have found they are not welcome on the frontlines. 

http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/28092014